STURDY

Where it comes from

From Middle English sturdy, stourdy, stordy (“bold, valiant, strong, stern, fierce, rebellious”) (perhaps influenced by Middle English sture, stoure, stor (“strong, robust, harsh, stern, violent, fierce, sturdy”); see English stour), from Old French estourdi (“dazed”), form of estourdir, originally “to daze, to make tipsy (almost drunk)” (Modern French étourdir (“to daze, to make tipsy”)), from Vulgar Latin *exturdire. Latin etymology is unclear – presumably it is ex- + turdus (“thrush (bird)”), but how this should mean “daze” is unclear. A speculative theory is that thrushes eat leftover winery grapes and thus became drunk, but this meets with objections. Disease in cows and sheep is by extension of sense of “daze”, while sense of “strongly built” is of late 14th century, and relationship to earlier sense is less clear, perhaps from sense of a firm strike (causing a daze) or a strong, violent person.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

STURDY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.

It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 167, 3 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.

Built from these letters

STURDY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DRSTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Also seen on Day 23